1-2 Not for our sake,God, no, not for our sake,
but for your name’s sake, show your glory.
Do it on account of your merciful love,
do it on account of your faithful ways.
Do it so none of the nations can say,
“Where now, oh where is their God?”
3-8 Our God is in heaven
doing whatever he wants to do.
Their gods are metal and wood,
handmade in a basement shop:
Carved mouths that can’t talk,
painted eyes that can’t see,
Tin ears that can’t hear,
molded noses that can’t smell,
Hands that can’t grasp, feet that can’t walk or run,
throats that never utter a sound.
Those who make them have become just like them,
have become just like the gods they trust.
9-11 But you, Israel: put your trust inGod!
—trust your Helper! trust your Ruler!
Clan of Aaron, trust inGod!
—trust your Helper! trust your Ruler!
You who fearGod, trust inGod!
—trust your Helper! trust your Ruler!
12-16 OGod, remember us and bless us,
bless the families of Israel and Aaron.
And letGodbless all who fearGod—
bless the small, bless the great.
Oh, letGodenlarge your families—
giving growth to you, growth to your children.
May you be blessed byGod,
byGod, who made heaven and earth.
The heaven of heavens is forGod,
but he put us in charge of the earth.
17-18 Dead people can’t praiseGod—
not a word to be heard from those buried in the ground.
But we blessGod, oh yes—
we bless him now, we bless him always!
Hallelujah!
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